Greetings all! So, this was originally a story that my friend wrote and uploaded to Quizilla back when that was the fan fiction site of choice. I rewrote it with her permission, and modified it like crazy. This is just the preview, though.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or half the OCs in this story. Just Miuxi and Sapphires the Cat.

Sapphires: Sup nerds. I'll be your furry little narrator this evening...

Shut up Sapphires. And without further ado, the prologue!


Prologue (Dreams Don't Turn to Dust)

Roxas awoke with a start. Blinking, he gave a heavy look around him. That's odd, he thought to himself, looking about his old room. The white walls matched the white tile floor, the white desk and dresser, and his own white bed perfectly. He knew this room like the back of his hand; he had spent many sleepless nights staring at the angrily blank and bright color of his especially white ceiling. This was his room from the Castle that Never Was.

Roxas shook his head, his last memories flooding back to his mind. He had joined together with his Other, Sora. The last thing he remembered was staring at that beautiful beach… Why was he back here? Perhaps it had all been a dream? Perhaps THIS was a dream?

He steadily stood. He felt groggy, like he had just woken up from a long, long sleep. But he didn't feel like he was dreaming. He felt real, aware. He had never felt this aware of himself before. He was back. But why?

Roxas scrutinized the room he had spent nearly all his down time in. It was somehow different. There was a mirror in the corner, he saw, and the window had a lace curtain over it. There was another thing he noticed that made him feel rather uneasy, and as he pulled the curtain back to see clearer his suspicions were confirmed.

The sky was clear. Kingdom Hearts was gone.

Roxas was jolted by an unexpected knock at the door. Feeling stranger and stranger, he walked over to the door and opened it. At this point, he thought, a Heartless could be at the door and I wouldn't be surprised. But what he did see shocked and strangely overjoyed him.

"AXEL!"

"Roxas! Buddy!"

Roxas was elated to see his redheaded friend standing in his doorway. Axel looked just as happy. "Thank God, I was worried that I might be the only one. Did you just wake up? You look like hell."

Roxas, suddenly a bit self-conscious, nodded. "I thought I was dreaming at first. Actually, I didn't know what to think. Still don't." Axel nodded his agreement. "Hey! Are the others here?" The blonde stepped out into the gray hallway.

"I don't know. The first thing I did was come here to see if you were…" Axel looked down and saw the weird look his younger friend was giving him. "What? I can't be worried?"

After a moment Roxas laughed and gave his long-missed friend a playful punch on the arm. "C'mon, let's go to the meeting room. I bet we'll find the answers there."

* Sapphires: Page break time! In the meeting room….*

Axel and Roxas were among the first to awaken. Xemnas, Saïx, and Xigbar were already there. It was obvious none of them had spoken. As they waited for the rest of the group to show up, as it was assumed that they would, Roxas wondered if the Superior knew anything about this.

After less than a minute, Luxord appeared. He cocked his head at the five others confusedly, but said not a word. Following shortly after was Xaldin, then a very tired looking Demyx. A few more minutes passed, and then Marluxia, Zexion, Lexaeus, Vexen, and Larxene appeared only a few seconds apart. Finally all of them were together. And every one of them was alive.

Xemnas raised his head at each of his colleagues. Looking at each of them, he spoke. "Greetings, all of you. It seems we are all here."

Demyx piped, "Yeah, like, why are we here? I mean it's like, I just been creamed by that kid Sora, and then BAM-" here he made a sudden gesture with his hands " -I wake up here and I'm like 'whoa, what's up with that?' and then I think, 'hey, maybe there'll be people in the meetings room, and so off I go, and there's-"

"Shut the hell up, IX." The retort came from Xigbar.

"Agreed." said Saïx. "Although I cannot disagree with the oddity of the situation. Superior, what has happened?"

But the man with the silver hair was stone silent.

Finally he shook his head. "I cannot say," Xemnas said. "but this only grants us another chance. It seems Kingdom Hearts has disappeared, so we will simply rebuild it. Our objective has not changed in the slightest. This will be effective immediately." Saïx seemed to take this as an acceptable answer, but Roxas wanted a real answer.

"Wait a minute! What happened, really? Why are we back? Don't you want to know?" A single thought invaded his mind. "And if we're back, where is Namine? And- and Xion?"

Xemnas fixed him with a piercing amber gaze. "I have not forgotten the controversial actions of yourself and number VIII. I am willing to forgive this and start anew, but we must act as if none of this has happened. We must rebuild Kingdom Hearts." The tall man leaned back, ending the confrontation.

Roxas gripped the sides of his seat, aching for answers. But before he could say another word, a high-pitched giggle cut through the heavy air.

"Hee hee! Silly, you can't rebuild Kingdom Hearts!"

All thirteen of the Nobodies turned their heads towards the center of the circle, where the voice has come from. And none of them could quite believe the small creature calmly sitting below them on the ground. It looked like an ordinary house cat - except that its fur was a glittering cerulean blue color. And when it saw them, it opened its mouth and let out another laugh, like the tinkling of glass bells.

Never fazed, Xemnas gave the animal an equally stern gaze. "And why not?" His voice dripped with distaste towards the cat.

"That," said the cat, "will take some explaining.

"You see, somehow, when you were all destroyed, your spirits entered a type of purgatory. They stayed there until they all were re-united, and then, by some force or miracle, you all were reborn. Respawn, as 'twere. But when the boy with the Sword Key locked the Heart Moon, it was essentially destroyed. It can never be replaced or rebuilt or repaired. It is gone forever. Kingdom Hearts has ended. Understand?"

Roxas barely believed what he was hearing. Kingdom Hearts… Gone? Obviously, Xemnas was also skeptical, because he spoke again with a hint of annoyance. "And how exactly would you know this… animal?"

"It's Sapphires." The cat - Sapphires, apparently - flicked her tail. "Charmed. Anyway, I've been here for a hell of a lot longer than ANY of you non-humans have. I think I know a little bit about this world. I've been watching your little 'crew' since its very beginnings, and I have never left. I watched as you disappeared, one by one, and I watched as you reappeared, one. By. One." She accentuated the last three words. "From I heard, you have been working on becoming whole by replacing your hearts, oui?" When everyone nodded, she went on, "Well, wasted effort now. You're fucked." She looked at everyone's shocked expressions. "Fact of life, people, your efforts are over. Find something else to do."

Xemnas remained silent and stern, but the others looked worried. Roxas had never truly understood why hearts were of such importance, but he felt a twinge of suspense. "Then… what are we supposed to do?"

"Organization XIII's purpose was to get hearts. We have done nothing else. And you expect us to just find another purpose?" Saïx said.

"… Purty much, yeah." Sapphires gave the other blue-hair a lazy look.

"Well, like what? We need our hearts to be whole, luv. We cannot feel without it. There is much we can't do without it." Luxord sounded slightly frantic.

"Bullshit, brit boy." Sapphires smirked. " A heart is a muscle. It's not a soul. Believing all the crap that says you're emotionless, that's why you feel this way. Why can't you just LIVE? Loosen up. Don't be afraid to let your true selves show through. Develop your personalities. Have a little fun with life! You can do that much at least."

Marluxia spoke this time. "But… we'd have no purpose. Nothing to drive us. What purpose would we have to justify our existence?" But the look he got back was downright sarcastic.

"Honey, you have a giant scythe, you're always surrounded by flowers, and ya damn hair is PINK," She did a ghetto neck roll. "so you tell me!"

Roxas laughed inwardly as the cat continued. "Can't you be content to just BE? Just do what you do. Get rid of Heartless. That helps people. See?" She was peppered with questions from the Nobodies, but seemed to have a good answer for them all.

"But the Heartless just come back if there's nowhere for them to go!"

"Job security."

"How is this any different from before?"

"More lenient hours."

"Wait, you're a freakin' CAT. Why are we talking to you?"

"You're treadin' on thin ice there, Blondie."

"I don't understand. We know nothing about you."

"You can call me an enigma."

Finally the clamor was quieted by Xemnas, who asked the final question. "What you say is intriguing. But why should we believe you?"

The blue feline looked the Superior dead in the eye and said exactly what he wanted to hear.

"Why not?"

*Sapphires: Aren't I smart? Fast-forward to three weeks later!*

Roxas was writing in his journal when a knock on his door caused him to stop in mid-word. "Yo, Roxas! Meeting time!" Axel called.

"Coming!" Roxas threw a trench coat on over the faded eagle t-shirt he was wearing and followed his friend through the halls until they reached the Meeting Room.

A lot had happened in the past few weeks. The Organization, still wildly confused about being alive again, had heeded the blue cat's advice, and the Organization had become a Heartless eradication group. Meanwhile, Sapphires wandered the place, living in the secluded corners of the Castle. In some ways, it was a lot like the old life; missions were handed out, carried out, and then returned. But the world had taken on a whole new light. The missions were small, and not exactly mandatory. And it seemed like the members were no longer afraid to be… people. Most had made the transition to wearing regular clothes in their down time. They talked, they laughed. True, some of the did seem a little rigid, still, and Saïx and Xemnas were stone statues, but they were the only ones. After a week, it was said that there would be a set time for dinners, which were served in a dining hall that Roxas hadn't known existed. The members took turns cooking every day, save Xemnas himself. And every week five members would be sent out on an RRM - a rations recovery mission. Put simply, a grocery shopping trip. Roxas hadn't seen them, but apparently the other members had taken to decorating their rooms, to personalize them. Roxas hadn't. He and Axel had been getting the cold shoulder from the rest of the group on account of past events. Roxas had been behaving similarly to before - missions, clock tower, room. He had missed the clock tower so much. Real life, he'd been sad to see it go.

Sometimes he would spend some time in the front room. The enormous room directly inside the Castle that Never Was had been refurnished completely. Three sets of sofas and coffee tables, identical to the ones in the Grey Room, had been added. Pushed against the wall were three computer desks, and a gargantuan television set was in the middle of the room. Axel and Xigbar had quickly become addicted to it, and Lexaeus spent nearly every waking hour on the computer. But Roxas… just hadn't gotten used to his new world.

*Sapphires: He has no idea… read on!*

In the meeting room, Xemnas began to talk, but Roxas paid little attention, instead watching the blue furball lounging on the back of one of the chairs. But he was snapped awake when he heard the last part of the speech.

"And so please welcome warmly our four new members."

"Number XIV - Lixinea."

The first figure below removed her hood to reveal an elfish face, with shoulder length cinnamon hair and a single sprout that stood up, always pointing north. The girl, about Roxas' age, looked up at her new comrades and gave a flustered grin, obviously oblivious to her situation. For some reason, Roxas immediately disliked her.

"Number XV - Miuxi."

The next figure, only slightly taller, lowered her hood to reveal an alert face framed by wild orangey-colored hair. This next girl didn't seem relaxed - she twitched, looking about her rapidly. Her ears - wait were those cat's ears? - swiveled constantly, and her - mother of God, a tail? - was lashing at her sides. Roxas had heard of Nekos, but he had never seen one. And now he was living with one. Wheeee.

"Number XVI - Karuxhah."

The next hood went down. This girl was perhaps eighteen, and had a mature face. Her hair was such a light blonde it was close to white, and reached nearly all the way down her back.. What got Roxas' attention was what was on top of that hair: she was wearing a white top hat. Her gaze seemed almost judgmental as it swept over the room.

"And number XVII - Kitixiyana."

The strawberry-blonde hair of the last girl cascaded down her back as she lowered her hood. She looked the oldest - twenty, maybe - and while the other three hadn't said a word, she looked straight at her new Superior and said, "Your name is Xemnas, right?"

Xemnas nodded, and Kitixiyana smirked.

"Your name anagrammed is Mansex."

Muffled laughter broke out as everyone realized that it was true. Even Roxas thought it was a little funny. Xemnas' eye twitched just a bit.

And so, the Organization was blessed with four new members - Lixinea, Miuxi, Karuxhah, and Kitixiyana.

This is their story.

Enjoy!


Prologue awaaaaay! Also, I hate Law and Order but if the reference fits…

Sapphires: Nice. I like the part with me in it.

She won't be appearing as often from here on out. I mainly put Sapphires in as a tool to explain stuff, and as an added mystery! Will we learn more about her in the future?

Sapphires: No. I am… ENIGMA!

You're an idiot.

Anyway, Read, Review, and do something else that starts with an R!

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